British Advance Confident of Holding Pretoria Front
Ottawa reports Lt Col Otter and Col Agiog in command as British forces press toward Pretoria. Dispatches note delays and updated plans, with Roberts criticising unclear operation details. Mafeking siege progress cited as a potential turning point and a Scottish crofter’s porridge method aids sustenance for troops.
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Agiog Ceral Oficer
Wwe Tein
Feathers
London
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Ryerson
Gitte
Quetec
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PeLetier
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Tote
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Baller
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Warren
Baker
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Arlot
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Reuter
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Col Plamer
Desatches
Plamer
Attack on Fortieth regiment HQ in Mindanao sparks heavy US casualties
In Mindanao at Cagayan on April 7 twelve hundred Tagalos attacked Case's Fortieth regiment battalion HQ. Americans suffered fifteen dead or wounded, while the attackers had about fifty killed and many wounded or captured. The fighting lasted about twenty minutes with street clashes and a retreat into the mountains. Twelve wounded Americans were aboard the hospital ship Relief.
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Manila
Case
Cagayan
Island of Mindanao
Relief
Murder of Police Chief Shocks Steveston Community
Vancouver dispatch reports Chief Main of Steveston BC was killed while leading a search party eight miles from town. His body showed brutal mutilation from axes and throat cutting, with three Chinese suspects arrested and a broader manhunt underway.
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Vancouver
Main
Steveston
China
Northern Flood and Regional Updates Across North America
Reports describe a severe flood beginning with river breakup on April 7, flooding Lanving and Northwest areas. Hudson's Bay Co sawmill partly swept away. Athabasca steamer stranded among ice. Separate items note Ottawa budget talks, Jamaica rebels, Manitoba flood control work, and coal land sales in Pittsburgh.
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Hudson's Bay Co
H. B. Co
Athabasca
Laos
Dominion HOU Ottawa Budget Debate Fragmented Discussion
Ottawa April 10 In reply to references on railway studies promised by the late government the debate covered subsidies and imperial costs. Discussions touched Chinese and Japanese migration limits, Paris exposition funding, Canadian share, Vincennes and colonial buildings costs, and budget debate adjournment motions as Campbell and Davin spoke from Saskatchewan.
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Pinder
Canada
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Imperial Cabi
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Trindad
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Campbell
Kent
Davin
Davis
Saskatchewan
Territorial House Petitions and Bills Reported by Assembly
The standing orders committee reported favorably on petitions to empower Lethbridge, incorporate Edmonton Public Hospital, Provident Trust and Investment Co, Presbyterian Church of Canada, and Medicine Hat General Hospital. Debates covered hospital finances, medical practitioner registration, and employer liability. Ottawa hosted talks on a Dominion exhibition grant and cross-border participation with Buffalo. Montreal noted a market scandal involving ex-Chief Clerk Tessier.
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Lethiri
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Ottawa
Apn Iy
Toron
Dominion
Buffalo
Canada
Western Stockmen Weeds Sand Rawene Meet
The Western Stock Growers association held a meeting last week near Mabe Fire sranca. President DW Marb of Calgary and secretary treasurer KG Matthews of Macleod presented figures showing shipments of cattle and horses totaling 20,019 cattle and 2,50 horses, with a grand total of 42,804.
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Western Sick Growers’ Association
Associaton
DW Marb
Calgars
KG. Matthews
Macleod
Cate
Creek
Calgary
Slacleod
Cayley
Walaa
Exhibition Directors Approve Grand Stand Plan For Winniprr Expo
A meeting of Winniprr Todos exhibition directors on April 1 endorsed placing a new grand stand and related buildings. Plans cover three new horse stables and several stat les with costs estimated at unspecified amounts. The group urged city council acceptance and requested appointment of a project inspector.
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T. W. Taylor
S . Ald Barclay
JA. Mitchell
D. Monro
W. Thompson
Geo. Jan Arouthnot
B. Riteme
Ontario to appoint rural commission on municipal assessment
Premier Ross told the legislature a rural commission of experts will study municipal assessment and taxation. It will review assessment laws in other provinces and report back with recommendations, sending findings to Ottawa.
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Ontario
Ross
Mystery of the Brunette and the Lagoons Encounter
In a tense London style scene, a narrator inspired by a detective plot confesses a plan to trap a criminal group. He recounts a dangerous night chase, a coded note, and discovery linking Miss Jenrys to a web of deceit. The pursuit hinges on public exposure of a brunette’s role and a multi‑layer plot with assets and rivals.
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Wren
Trent
O'Neal
Gerald
Teta
Claus
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